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WATCH GUARD.

No. 424,362. Patented Marp25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC SIFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MORRISIVENGROYVSKY, OF SAME PLACE.

WATCH-G UARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,362, dated March25, 1890.

lpplication filed December 17, 1889. Serial No. 334,101. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC SIFF, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved WVatch-Guard, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for watch-pocketsor vests that will lock the pocket and prevent the abstraction of thewatch.

In general the invention consists of locking devices applied to one sideof the pocket, a catch or hasp to the opposite side, with which thelocking device engages and holds, and an arrangement for releasing thecatch from the locking device, consisting of a cord extending to someother part of the waistcoat, preferably to the upper pocket. I should ofcourse make all the parts small and flat, so as not to be in the way oroccasion any inconvenience in the ordinary use of the pocket.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of awaistcoat with my invention applied thereto, the upper and lower pocketsbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View with the lining ofthe waistcoat broken away to expose the locking device. Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail view showing the catch or hasp.

The locking device consists of a casing A, containing a spring-bolt at,whose end works opposite the opening a in the face of the case. Thecasing is provided with perforated flanges, by which it may be securedby stitches a to the material of the waistcoat. For instance, in Fig. 2,which is a view from theinwatch-pocket the clasp or hasp D is stitchedin such relation to the aperture a that it may be pressed into it. Withthis arrangement when the catch D is pressed into the opening a andengaged by the bolt a the pocket cannot be opened; but by pulling uponthe string 0 the bolt may be lifted and the catch withdrawn from thelocking device.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, substantially ashereinbefore set forth, of the vertically-sliding bolt, its casingsecured to one wall of a pocket, the catch or hasp secured to theopposite wall of the pocket with which the bolt engages, and a cord foroperating the bolt.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of thespring-actuated v0:

tically-sliding locking-bolt, its casing secured to one wall of apocket, the hasp secured to the opposite wall of the pocket andextending through an aperture in the bolt-casing, and a cord extendingupwardly from the bolt between the cloth of the garment and its lining.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of thevertically-sliding bolt, its casing having perforations adapting it tobe stitched or secured on one side of the wall of a pocket between theinterior wall thereof and the lining of the garment, the hasp secured tothe opposite side of the pocket and extending into an aperture in theboltcasing opposite the end of the bolt, and a cord secured to the upperend of the bolt, passing upwardly between the cloth and lining of thegarment, and projecting through an aperture in the upper part thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name. I

ISAAC SIFF. Witnesses:

EDWARD O. DAVIDSON, MAMIE J. KELLEY.

